hei! a few days ago, i checked into the LinGO CVS the result of merging back accumulated changes from LOGON tree.  these include the update in the [incr tsdb()] format for storing derivations as sketched in my 17-jul message (see below).  further changes in LKB code are changes i had anticipated several weeks ago, viz. removing the long-deprecated fill-mrs() and unfill-mrs() functionality (use a VPM instead: LogonVpm on the DELPH-IN wiki), and eliminating the `rel' vs. `char-rel' distinction in MRS internals (see earlier messages to the `developers' list).  people with cached generator indices will need to rebuild these files; one way of doing that could be through a command like   rm ~/tmp/*.ric ~/tmp/*.stc regarding the change in UTF, i have also checked in the corresponding code changes to PET (into the DFKI SVN repository), so i recommend people plan on installing fresh copies of everything, once they upgrade. besides the above changes in LKB code, there were numerous updates to the MT component (bug fixes and improvements in transfer, better LM support, and a minor VPM fix) and to [incr tsdb()] (mostly to do with its MT support, treebanking, and stochastic experimentation); as most of this functionality is only active in the full LOGON tree anyway, where it has been in use for many months already, i will not post a summary of changes here. i am off for a two-week vacation, so will likely not read email before the DELPH-IN Summit later this month. all best, oe <div>On 7/17/07, Stephan Oepen <<a href="mailto:stephan.oepen@iln.uio.no">stephan.oepen@iln.uio.no</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> hei! here is a follow-up with some background to what dan emailed today: > I am pleased to announce the release of the "jul-07" version of the > ERG, a minor update to the first message-free version released in > March, some bug fixes and expanded lexical coverage for several > additional treebanked corpora, [...] > > Note further that the treebanks in erg/gold will only behave properly > with [incr tsdb()] once you have an up-to-date version of the LKB, > but don't rush - that compatible version will not be in CVS for > another few days yet.  I'll announce when it's ready.  In the > meantime, you should be able to use this ERG for everything except > grammar profiling and treebanking. regarding treebanks, the relevant changes are all in [incr tsdb()] (not the LKB), but as both reside in the same CVS repository, i recommend to prepare bringing /everything/ up-to-date (also, dan has commited a few changes to LKB code, which he plans to announce separately). my treebank change is in the derivation format recorded in the profile database (in the `result' relation).  the new, extended format (dubbed UDF 1.2) includes the start symbol of the grammar used to license each derivation, e.g.   (root_strict    (49 subjh -1.03461 0 2     (46 proper_np -1.15336 0 1      (45 sing_noun_irule -0.862381 0 1 (3 kim 0 0 1 ("kim" 0 1))))     (48 punct_period_orule 0.121598 1 2      (47 third_sg_fin_verb_orule 0.061442 1 2       (9 sleep_v1 0 1 2 ("sleeps." 1 2)))))) compared to the earlier format (UDF 1.1), the `root_strict' node at the top is new, thus whoever reads (or writes) derivations in [incr tsdb()] profiles needs to be aware of this change. as always, old code will not be able to read new profiles, but new code is backwards compatible to old profiles (back to around 1997).  hence, to use [incr tsdb()] on the latest ERG profiles, you will need to move to the latest code base, /once/ i release it later this week.  however, running this latest ERG, including creating your own new profiles, can still be done with older versions of [incr tsdb()], PET, or the LKB. to write out UDF 1.2 derivations, PET also needs to be changed.  i plan to check in both my [incr tsdb()] and PET updates later this week.                                                        all best  -  oe +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ Universitetet i Oslo (IFI); Boks 1080 Blindern; 0316 Oslo; (+47) 2284 0125 +++     CSLI Stanford; Ventura Hall; Stanford, CA 94305; (+1 650) 723 0515 +++       --- <a href="mailto:oe@ifi.uio.no">oe@ifi.uio.no</a>; <a href="mailto:oe@csli.stanford.edu">oe@csli.stanford.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:stephan@oepen.net">stephan@oepen.net</a> --- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ </blockquote></div>